Map of Salzgitter, Germany

Salzgitter is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany, with a population of about 104,970. It lies at 52.1570°N, 10.4154°E. Salzgitter is about 208 km (129 mi) west of Berlin, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Wolfenbüttel, 9 km to the east.

Salzgitter at a glance

Where is Salzgitter?

• The 7th largest city in Lower Saxony on this site.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 7 h 43 min on the shortest day to 16 h 46 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Salzgitter

• Wolfenbüttel — 9 km east
• Braunschweig — 14 km northeast
• Peine — 22 km northwest
• Goslar — 28 km south
• Hildesheim — 32 km west
• Gifhorn — 37 km north
• Lehrte — 38 km northwest
• Wolfsburg — 39 km northeast
• Laatzen — 46 km northwest
• Hanover — 52 km northwest

Largest cities in Lower Saxony

• Hanover — 515,140
• Braunschweig — 244,715
• Osnabrück — 166,462
• Oldenburg — 159,218
• Wolfsburg — 123,064
• Göttingen — 122,149
• Hildesheim — 103,052
• Wilhelmshaven — 84,393
• Delmenhorst — 75,893
• Lüneburg — 71,260

Largest cities in Germany

• Berlin — 3,426,354
• Hamburg — 1,973,896
• Munich — 1,505,005
• Cologne — 1,024,621
• Frankfurt am Main — 650,000
• Düsseldorf — 618,685
• Stuttgart — 612,663
• Essen — 593,085
• Dortmund — 588,462
• Dresden — 564,904

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Sources: place names, coordinates, populations and time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0, data retrieved October 2026). Population figures are the latest values recorded in GeoNames; depending on the country they refer to the city proper, a municipality or a wider urban area, so they can differ from census or metro-area figures. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.